After Effects Tutorial - LED signboard

A really simple After Effects tute showing you how to create an animated LED signboard like the ones you see at football stadiums, convention centres, etc.
Uses the standard toolset in CS3, CS4 or CS5, so no plug-ins required.
You can download the original AE project file for free from shortformvideo.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• after effects
• tute
• tutorial
• led
• sign
• signboard
• scrolling
• marquee
• text
• animated
• cc ball action
• blending modes
• keyframes
• signage

[redpanda503]

hey,can u help me i dont have ccball can u tell me where i can find it

[shortformvideos]

@redpanda503 That usually means that you're using the demo version or an illegal download. If you know your software is kosher, then you'll need to re-install it, as the Cycore effects are part of the standard installation of After Effects.

[u2good2b4gotn]

Could you use the CC Ball action with video to produce a pixelly rough cut TV effect? Or would something else in AE work to produce the static effect?

[shortformvideos]

@u2good2b4gotn Think you might be better off using the Mosaic effect for this.

[yaymans]

make it animate is not working i got the keyframe part

[shortformvideos]

@yaymans The CC Sphere layer uses the text layer as its basis. Move the text, and the CC Sphere layer will reflect the changes. If it's not moving, it's because you haven't set the keyframes on your text correctly.

[erniecleds]

nice i like it

[redpanda503]

@shortformvideos kk so i cant do this type of thing on the demo version then?? thnks for quick reply =]

[mnvikes169]

Hey man! Thanks for this tutorial! It helped me greatly!!!

[jchercha]

thank you

[joshcookify]

Great, easy to follow tutorial, good pacing and I learned something. Sounds like a sub to me. Nice work.

[vidlook2]

owh yeah this one is gr8 im sure some ppl wont believe that i made this(they even wont believe if i say wit tut)